SM-3 Block 1B interceptor missile [Image 48 of 155]

PACIFIC OCEAN

05.16.2013

Courtesy Photo

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A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block 1B interceptor missile is launched from the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) during a Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Navy test in the mid-Pacific. The SM-3 Block 1B successfully intercepted a target missile that had been launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands in Kauai, Hawaii. Lake Erie detected and tracked the target with its onboard AN/SPY-1 radar. The event was the third consecutive successful intercept test of the SM-3 Block IB missile. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

• Date Taken: 05.16.2013
• Date Posted: 11.20.2014 01:57
• Photo ID: 1665035
• VIRIN: 130516-D-ZZ999-005
• Resolution: 3702x2468
• Size: 5.49 MB
• Location: PACIFIC OCEAN